BDE: Hagaon Harav Feivel Cohen ZTL

As per his צוואה  that was read at the levaya there were no hespedim. He wrote that no hespedim take place at anytime and that on the shloshim and yartzeit there should be designated sidrei limud learning from his seforim that he was zoche to write.

                       The levaya in Lakewood 

Update the Levaya is at Bais Aaron B"M 10th and Clifton from 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Petirah of Hagaon Harav Feivel Cohen, zt"l. Levaya tentatively today in Lakewood  2pm, at Bais Medrash Govoha Bais Aaron 10th st & Clifton followed by Levaya in Flatbush 5pm at his shul, kevura in Eretz Yisroel.

Matzav report: One of the gedolei haposkim in the United States, Rav Cohen was renowned worldwide for his magnum opus, Badei Hashulchan, an encyclopedic Mishnah-Berurah-like work on Shulchan Aruch. Rav Cohen was one of the prime products of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yitzchok Hutner. Even as a young ben Torah, he was recognized as a gaon of a different caliber, destined for greatness. Over the decades, he became renowned for his gadlus in Torah, his brilliance and depth, and his tremendous pikchus and insight. Rav Cohen’s opinion was respected by the greatest gedolei Torah of the generation, including Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and others.

Despite his greatness and the respect he garnered, Rav Cohen fled all fanfare and accolades throughout his life, preferring to simply spend his days learning Torah and writing his seforim. 

For many years, Rav Cohen served as the mara d’asra of Khal Tomchei Torah of Flatbush. Several years ago, he retired from that position and relocated to Lakewood, NJ, settling in the Pine River Village neighborhood.

With his petirah, we have lost one of the true gaonim and gedolei hapsak of our time, a talmid chochom of enormous caliber.

The levayah will be held today at Bais Medrash Govoah, located at 617 6th Street, in Lakewood, NJ at 2 p.m., followed by a levayah at Khal Tomchei Torah in Flatbush. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah there.

Rav Cohen is survived by his devoted wife, Rebbetzin Rivka Cohen, and a wonderful family of bnei and bnos Torah. His son, Rav Binyomin Cohen, is the author of Sifrei Chelkas Binyomin, the rosh kollel of Kollel Gur Aryeh at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, and the rov of Khal Talmidei Hayeshivos of Flatbush. His son, Rav Shlomo Cohen, is the rosh kollel of Kollel of Inwood. His daughter, Rebbetzin Adina Kaufman, is the wife of Rav Ahron Kaufman, is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury.

Yehi zichro boruch.